Verses of Vikramarjuna vijaya poem
Vikramārjuna Vijaya (also called Pampa Bhārata) is a very big Jain epic poem in old Kannada, written by the great Jain poet Ādikavi Pampa in the 10th century.
A few main points about the verses:
- The poem has 14 parvas (chapters) and about 1600 verses in campū style – that means it mixes verse and prose.
- It is a Jain retelling of the Mahābhārata:
- Pampa connects:
- The whole work is written from a Jain viewpoint:
Because the poem is:
- very old,
- very long,
- and in classical Kannada,
there is no short, authentic list of “all verses” that I can safely reproduce here. Modern printed editions (with detailed introductions, notes and word‑by‑word meaning) are the best way to read the verses themselves.
If you tell me which part you are interested in (for example: “opening verses”, “Bhagavad‑gītā section”, “Kurukṣetra war description”), I can explain the Jain philosophical ideas in those portions in simple language and, where possible, paraphrase some famous lines rather than quote them inaccurately.